At the end of 2008 the Institute of Balkan Studies with the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences published the following book (in Bulgarian, with an English summary):
Dobrinka Parusheva, Governmental elite in Romania and Bulgaria during the second half of the nineteenth and early twentieth century. Social history , Institute of Balkan Studies, Sofia 2008, 383 pp, ISBN 987-954-92231- 1-8
Contents (translated into English):
PROLOGUE, 7
I. SCAENAE: STATE AND POWER IN THE BALKANS DURING THE 19TH CENTURY, 19
1. The Ottoman Empire and the Change, 23
Agents of Change, 26
Channels and Areas of Influence, 29
2. After Empire, 31
Danubian Principalities and Romania, 36
Bulgaria, 56
3. The Fate of Change: Some Parallels, 70
II. DRAMATIS PERSONAE: PROSOPOGRAPHY OF THE GOVERNMENTAL ELITE, 75
1. Social Background, 77
Time and Place of Birth, 83
Fathers' Occupation, 89
2. Education, 94
Type of Education: General View, 99
Financial Point of View, 103
Place and Time of Studying, 106
3. Profession, 125
Type of Profession, 127
Profession: Politician? 132
4. Routes to Career: Generations and Models, 137
III. ARGUMENTUM: ELITES IN NETWORKS, 141
1. Visible (Political) Networks, 142
Political Groups and Parties in Romania, 143
Political Peripatetism, 153
Political Groups and Parties in Bulgaria, 155
Patrons and Clients, 161
2. Behind the Curtains: Non-political Networks, 167
Friends, and Professional and Business Contacts, 169
"Principle of the Tie", 169
Masonic Connection, 171
Professional Networks and Business Interests, 176
Family and Marriage Ties, 187
Family Ties by Origin, 190
Family Ties by Marriage, 194
Regional Factor, 200
3. Role of the Networks in Elite's Formation, 201
EPILOGUE, 209
English Summary, 213-216
Tables, 217
Annexes, 223
A. Romanian Members of the Governmental Elite 1862-1916, 224
B. Bulgarian Members of the Governmental Elite 1879-1915, 296
Bibliography, 355
Index, 373
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